Oath, NDLA and Getty Images Launch New Disability Image Collection

…capture this imagery. To learn more about The Disability Collection, visit www.thedisabilitycollection.com. About Oath Oath, a subsidiary of Verizon, is a values-led company committed to building brands people love. Oath reaches one billion people around the world with a dynamic house of media and technology brands. A global leader in digital and mobile, Oath is shaping the future of media and technology. For more on Oath, visit www.oath.com. Lear…

NDY Files Public Comment With CMS Re Equity In Organ Transplantation and Donation

…/sites/default/files/NCD_Organ_Transplant_508.pdf https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01452 https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/02/survey-finds-doctors-have-negative-perception-of-patients-with-disability/ https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/11928d05-eddb-46d2-b71e-1ffbc20f594d/FA2109CE679FA4075BF3C26200B25C3D.kin21821.pdf https://ncd.gov/sites/default/files/NCD_Organ_Transplant_508.pdf 14-15 page 3 http…

Lisa Blumberg: Support Grows for a Bill of Rights for People with Guardians

…including the full list of rights can be found at https://www.guardianship.org/wp-content/uploads/NGN-Bill-of-Rights-8-10-22.pdf The significance of the model bill cannot be overestimated. If adopted in various jurisdictions, it will contribute to a paradigm shift on how persons with guardians are seen, making it clear Constitutional protections are never suspended. However, protections for people in guardianship cannot be bifurcated from the iss…

NDY Public Comment on Proposed “Public Charge” Rule of the Dept. of Homeland Security

…ue to fear of negative immigration consequences…” https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20180927.100295/full/ DHS itself concedes that the changes could result in “worse health outcomes,” “increased use of emergency rooms,” “increased prevalence of communicable diseases,” “increased rates of poverty” as well as other problems. Again, as the Health Affairs blog has stated, “Despite acknowledging these drawbacks, DHS claims that the regulati…

NDY Full Written Comments on Futile Care Laws and Policies Before the National Council on Disability

…Raises Questions for Doctors, Stateline, May 16, 2013, http://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/oklahomas-life-preserving-law-raises-questions-for-doctors-85899476549   [iii] T Pope, Defending Disability Discrimination, Bioethics.net, May 31, 2013, http://www.bioethics.net/2013/05/defending-disability-discrimination/   [iv] A Ne’eman, et al., Organ Transplantation and People with I/DD: A Review of Research, Policy and Next Steps http:…